Marihuana

Starring:Wood, Browne, Carlyle, Dehn
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD

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pre-code marvel
The "giggle" weed strikes again!
What more could you ask for??
Fascinating Time Capsule!
Puff-Peddling Pot-Pushers Plague Pleasantville...

Marihuana
Starring: Pat Carlyle , Paul Ellis , Hugh McArthur , Harley Wood , and Dorothy Dehn
Director: Dwain Esper
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ASIN: B000098ZS9
Release Date: 2003-06-24

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pre-code marvel.......2007-04-25

Even by Pre-Code standards this film pushes the limits. MARIHUANA is a movie along the same lines as "Reefer Madness" and "Assassin of Youth"; the story of a rich girl seduced by the 'giggle weed'.

Deeply resenting the entire family being pre-occupied by her sister's wedding to a rich and eligible young man; Burma (played by Harley Wood) gets caught up in the wrong group of kids, who spend their weekends skinny-dipping, smoking weed and having wienie roasts. It's during this party that Burma gets pregnant, but is forced to give the baby up for adoption.

Burma goes to work selling drugs to hooked and hopeless housewives (don't ask), before she comes up with a plan to kidnap her own sister's child and hold it for ransom...

MARIHUANA is a more-than-worthy companion piece to "Reefer Madness". Both feature some of the most bizarre and inane acting to ever find it's way onto the screen. Very much a Pre-Code production, MARIHUANA also features a scene of female nudity that I'm surprised even made it out of the cutting-room. Harley Wood plays the hard-boiled drug dame to the hilt, spewing out caustic lines like nobody's business!

If you enjoy your movies cheap and tawdry, you'll get a kick out of this.

The "giggle" weed strikes again! .......2005-05-25

Teenagers beware! It could happen to you! Mix alcohol and the evil giggle weed and you could end up dead. Or even worse, you could become a hard-core drug pushing heroin addicted drug dealer!

So is the moral of the 1936 exploitation film "Marihuana". We even get to see a little bit of 1930's T&A!

Now what more could you ask for?? :)

I enjoyed watching Burma (Harlene Wood) go from happy go lucky teenager -to pregnant misfit- to "Blondie" the drug dealer, all in less than an hour!

A fun little film and certainly a time capsule of days long past! For fans of these types of movies, this is a must see classic!

What more could you ask for??.......2005-05-12

A bunch of stoned girls running around naked on the beach! Black and white 1930's boobies rule.

Fascinating Time Capsule!.......2004-09-02

I watched this l930s exploitation flick along with two others: Assassins of Youth and Reefer Madness, but "Marihuana" was my favorite. You're given a glimpse into how Hollywood hopefuls tried desperately to prove themselves before even a Poverty Row camera. The clothes, the hairstyles and make-up are fascinating to study. Nobody had even heard of jeans back then, or casual attire. This was before the Big Band Sound and so the "in" kids did the Lindy Hop and other then hot dance numbers. The actress who portrayed Burma did a great job and you can almost believe that she was so desperate at the end that she did something that I can't say here since it would spoil your fun. Considering the ultra low budget that the movie-maker had to work with, he did a magical job of putting together this movie. The previews, by the way, are equally entertaining. Screaming warnings roll along the screen that demand "Mothers...Fathers...Discover Where Your Children Are Having Their Fun!..."

Puff-Peddling Pot-Pushers Plague Pleasantville..........2004-06-25

Dick and his girl Burma were just two typical all-american 35 year old teens. That was until Tony and his henchman Nick came to town! They set up their evil pot-peddling enterprise, right under the noses of law enforcement. Soon, drawn like mosquitoes to a bloodbank, the kids hung out with Tony and company, drinking, dancing to that heathen devil-jazz, and smoking Tony's "giggle-weed"! What followed was an orgy of debauchery, as young ladies disrobed and ran naked into the nearby ocean, unashamed of their wanton activity! Of course, one of them drowned, proving the cursedness of "mary jane"! Next, Dick was caught by police, carrying a bale of "the herb from hell" under his arm. He was shot to death, leaving Burma to her newfound pot addiction! Burma went from mariHuana to heroin in short order, dealing that hideous powder and losing a child (Dick's child) over it! This all led to Burma's own grizzly end! Dwain Esper (Maniac) directed this hilarious tale of misinformation and gratuitous nudity in his usual gonzo fashion. Watch it with REEFER MADNESS and COCAINE FIENDS for a real hoot-a-thon...

Marihuana/Assassin of Youth/Reefer Madness

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Cinematic proof that smoking grass makes you giggle uncontrollably
Hours of entertainment
Amazing discovery...
It was funny as hell !!! Get it while you can!!!
Spawn of Harry Anslinger...

Marihuana/Assassin of Youth/Reefer Madness
Starring: Luana Walters , Arthur Gardner , Fay McKenzie , Michael Owen , and Dorothy Short
Director: Elmer Clifton , Dwain Esper , and Louis J. Gasnier
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Release Date: 2000-12-05

Description

Stop! Don't light that joint until you watch these three crackpot cannabis classics from the 1930. Get the inside dope on the drug craze, and see what actually happens behind the locked doors of a marijuana party! Reefer turns a good girl into a heroin-selling slut in the delirious, over-the-top non-masterpiece "Marihuana" (1936, 56 min.), from infamous exploitation film pioneer Dwain Esper (Maniac). Then, a clean-cut reporter tries to infiltrate a teenage gang of delinquent potheads in "Assassin of Youth" (1937, 73 min.), only to plunge into a pit of doobie-induced immorality. Plus, as a special bonus, the one and only "Reefer Madness" (1936, 65 min.) as you've never seen it before--digitally transferred from a beautiful 35mm print.

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Cinematic proof that smoking grass makes you giggle uncontrollably.......2005-11-12

There are three things you need to know before you launch into this Something Weird triple feature of classic anti-marijuana movies from the 1930s. First, the disc seems to want you to watch "Reefer Madness" first. The menu is the titles of the three movies and the special features link shown through a smoky haze. So here I was wondering why "Reefer Madness" looked exactly like "Marihuana." I eventually figured it out, but it took a moment because the prints that Something Weird came up with to make this DVD do not always have the same title by which the film is best known. So "Reefer Madness" appears under the reissue title "Doped Youth (Victims of Marijuana)" (it was originally called "Tell Your Children"). Finally, you can tell these are anti-drug propaganda films because they all begin with a scroll that tells you just that, otherwise you might think these movies were intended to entertain rather than educate.

"Marihuana" (1936) was the film that shocked me the most, mainly because there was nudity when the girls, high on reefer, decide to go skinny-dipping. I knew these films were all pre-Code, but this was still a surprise. Burma Roberts (Harley Wood) is getting high with her boyfriend, Dick Collier (Hugh McArthur), and while the other girls are out running around naked in the surf she gets pregnant. Dick goes to work for drug dealer Tony Sentello (Pat Carlyle) but gets killed the first day. This forces Burma to give up her baby and become a drug-dealing prostitute known as "Blondie." She ends up taking over the gang and comes up with the bright idea of kidnapping her sister's daughter. After Burma disappeared the sister married into high society, and if you do not see the twist coming at the end of this one you must be high. But notice they use music from "La Traviata" at the end to underscore the tragic ending of this morality play.

I first saw "Assassin of Youth" (1937) on a college campus at a midnight showing. Every time Henrietta Frisbie (Fern Emmett) went by on her little motor scooter we would all start dong the Wicked Witch's theme from "The Wizard of Oz" (it still works). A kid high on weed runs down old Mrs. Barrie and she leaves her fortune to her granddaughter Joan Barrie (Luana Walters), provided she lives a moral life. But Linda Clayton (Fay McKenzie) is next in line for the money, so she and her boyfriend Jack Howard (Michael Owens) plot to get Joan high and/or drunk in public. Henrietta Frisbie is perfectly willing to spread gossip about Joan around town, but fortunately she has "Pop" Brady (Earl Dwire) and reporter Art Brighton (Arthur Gardner). There is just so much comic relief in this movie, provided by the adults in the courtroom scene, that it really is more of a melodrama than an anti-drug film.

"Reefer Madness" (1936) is the "Citizen Kane" of marijuana films for good reason. In the history of camp, the piano player getting high in the closet is as iconic as Scarlett vowing she will never be hungry again. We begin with Dr. Carroll (Josef Forte), principal of the local high school, warning the parents against the dangers of marijuana and telling the story of Bill Harper (Kenneth Craig) and Mary Lane (Dorothy Short). They attend a party at the apartment of Mae Coleman (Thelma White) and Jack Perry (Carleton Young), where joints are being given free to get the teens hooked. Also there are Ralph Wiley (Dave O'Brien), another student who likes Mary, and Blanche (Lillian Miles), a moll, who like Bill. Then Mary's kid brother Jimmy (Warren McCullum) gets hooked on drugs by Blanche and ends up killing someone in a hit-and-run while high. When Bill ends up with Blanche and Ralph attacks Mary, Bill goes after Ralph and during the fight a gun goes off and Mary ends up dead. Bill is innocent but he ends up on trial while the crooks try to cover up what really happened. Justice triumphs in the end, but not before the wages of sin are played out while Dr. Carroll continues to provide stern lectures on the subject.

What makes these movies so laughable is their insistence that smoking grass gives you the giggles. You contrast the wild eyed laughing maniacs of these 1930s films with the stereotypical hippies mellowing out by smoking grass from the 1960s, and no wonder it was so easy to dismiss these films and their warnings on the dangers of weed. It is not too farfetched to watch "Marihuana" and think that if young men associate the drug with women wanting to run around naked they would be trying to get their hands on some demon weed as soon as the movie was over. The commentary track for "Marihuana" has SW guru Mike Vraney interviewing David F. Friedman about this particular type of exploitation film as well as the way Roadshows were done way back then. There are theatrical trailers for "Marihuana," "assassin of Youth," and "Devil Harvest," as well as a marijuana excerpt from "Wages fo Sin." There are a couple of shorts, "Sinister Menace" and the silent "High on the Range," and a Gallery of Drug Scare Exploitation Art featuring Drug Scare Radio-Spot Rarities that are always a joy to check out. Also, check out Vraney's chapter titles for each film. Next on the agenda: "Reefer Madness: The Musical."

Hours of entertainment.......2003-05-20

Making the 1980's cloyingly Just Say No campaigns look decidedly high brow in comparison, these three 1930's gems are critical entertainment values.

Most of the information contained on these films is badly directed and acted (just how far can an anti-drug message be streched before the most supportive audience member looses interest) but the inherent camp value is part of the product.

Were it not for the inevitably dated appearance of the actors and sets, etc...these films would probally be shown in modern school districts across the country. Youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds (but, especially the well-to-do who have both the free time and money) are continuing to abuse drugs, much to the consternation of elected officials from all political parties, who are trying to offer policy solutions to simmilarly anxious parents and community members.

I had first heard about these films in conjunction with an introductory College American History class discussion on political propaganda in the American drug war, and after surviving cheesy special issue sitcom episodes in the early 1980's, figured I had seen everything. Boy was I sorely mistaken.

It is interesting to note the administration of an admitted former cocaine user, himself the father of two girls with highly publicized substance abuse incidents of their own has the United States Goverment once again making commericals specifically targeting pot as one of the most dangerous drugs on the market.

Amazing discovery..........2002-01-29

Just finished the three movies in a row, and there are no regrets! This DVD is fun, and more: there are nice extras including an almost finished crazed strip act, trailers, picture gallery and all, and three flicks well presented. The picture/sound quality is not at all as bad as I suspected, in fact some "quality" classics can be found released in much inferior quality. And the movies... they are great, and if you love the atmosphere of the thirties, these films, especially watched late night, give you the wonderful feeling of really attending a wild party, even without actual reefer involved. Whereas "Marihuana" is really stupid and "Reefer Madness" beautifully overblown, "Assassin of youth" is actually quite grasping. All films involve some pretty people, posh clothes and wild lindyhop. What more to be desired???

It was funny as hell !!! Get it while you can!!!.......2002-01-17

I watched this movie with my friends .... It shows great 1930s acting when facial expressions, the tone of voices, and general setup of the sets were much more important then the stupid special effects we have now. When I watched the actors getting stoned and then acting stoned I could not believe that it was an act! I would highly recommend it to anybody who likes to smoke some funny weed. Oh, by the way it shows you how to pick up chicks by getting them stoned first - I tried it myself and it works great - just like in this movie !

Sorry ladies ...

Spawn of Harry Anslinger..........2001-07-28

In the 1930's, the precursor to today's DEA (FBN-Federal Bureau of Narcotics) was headed by an anti-marijuana fanatic named Harry Anslinger. With the aid of people like William Randolph Hearst, he helped to spread a thick blanket of lies about marijuana. Tales of instantaneous addiction, [...] perversion, listening to jazz music (no kidding!), and general hysteria over the plant resulted in the production of some cheesy, but definately entertaining, movies about the menace of pot. These three stand out, though Reefer Madness is probably the best known, and serve as prime examples of distortion and lies fueled by propaganda. Quite possibly where Drug Czars Bill Bennett and others obtained their information about marijuana.

REEFER CLASSICS: TRIPLE FEATURE/ REEFER MADNESS/ MARIHUANA/ THE COCAINE FIENDS.

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Foolish Madness!

REEFER CLASSICS: TRIPLE FEATURE/ REEFER MADNESS/ MARIHUANA/ THE COCAINE FIENDS.

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Foolish Madness!.......2005-05-22

Okay you hop heads, dope fiends, and reefer addicts! STAY AWAY from the demon weed and happy dust or you too will turn into hit-and-run driving, jitter bugging, sex-crazed loosey-goosies who bring SHAME and DISGRACE to yourselves and your parents! You might even commit SUICIDE as a result! So aw heck, be a SWELL JOE and stay away from the WRONG CROWD as displayed in these flix.

On one end, these films are a real hoot! All facetiousness aside, these films ARE well intentioned in trying to keep the kiddies away from the dope dens and admittedly, that is a noble cause. But as the case with the late 1960s episodes of "Dragnet" (remember Blue Boy?) and the afterschool specials of the 70s and 80s, the execution, dialogue, and stories are so outragously ridiculous that only the least sophisticated or grandmothers at the hell fire and brimstone churches who haven't gone ten miles further than the family farm since the fifties could POSSIBLY take these films seriously. Children will be bored by them and gen x-ers on up will pound the floors in hysterical laughter.

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La Cruz De Marihuana

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Marihuana/Terror of Tinytown
Starring: Marihuana , and Terror of Tinytown
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Release Date: 2006-04-04

Marihuana & Terror of Tinytown (Double Feature)

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Marihuana & Terror of Tinytown (Double Feature)

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This DVD includes: 2 movies, 1 cartoon, 1 featurette, & some old-fashioned TV commercials. Just like being at the drive-in movies. Just add popcorn.

Palenque Sangriento/La Cruz De Marihuana

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Palenque Sangriento/La Cruz De Marihuana

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La Cruz De Marihuana/Palenque Sangrito/30 Segundospara

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